Tarleton Castle, Tarleton Castle Construction, Tarleton Castle History
Castle Construction Timeline 2004 In May of 2004, I felled trees and cleared the land for the castle and the septic system, using my jeep to skid the logs. In the woodshop, I started to cut the components for the foundation forms. In order to keep the concrete from...
Tarleton Castle, Tarleton Castle Construction, Tarleton Castle History
Castle Construction in 2005 The erection of the post and beam started this year. I cut mortise and tenon joints in each bent section. Then they were assembled lying flat on the deck. Once fitted and pegged together, I levered them to sawhorse height and then the winch...
Tarleton Castle, Tarleton Castle Construction, Tarleton Castle History
Castle Construction in 2007 Early in 2007, I decked level five. The next project was to prepare for the roof cone. Level six is only half of the circle, the other half is open to view the interior of the cone to the peak. To facilitate the installation of the cone, I...
Tarleton Castle, Tarleton Castle Construction, Tarleton Castle History
Castle Construction in 2008 2008 was an entire year of sheathing. The roof sheathing was completed, then the tower and lower conventional walls. Logistics were slow with staging, cutting, and placing boards. The large brackets that will support the balcony on the...
Tarleton Castle, Tarleton Castle Construction, Tarleton Castle History
Castle Construction in 2013 The large tamarack brackets to support the tower cone were fabricated and installed now; Forrest Towne and Joe Shelton helped with this work. Joe capped each top member of the brackets with a little copper roof. The balance of the interface...
Tarleton Castle, Tarleton Castle Construction, Tarleton Castle History
Castle Construction Timeline – 2015 Castle Construction Timeline – In the Spring of 2015, we had hoped to resume the great progress we had made with the lime plaster stucco, but discovered that the stucco had not weathered the harsh northern winter...
